Manila
was over at manila over the weekend for Manila Spirits '05 and i must say that it's been a fruitful trip for me in terms of experience. It's always good to play teams from all across asia and see what kind of players this part of the world has to offer.
and no, this ultimate competition isn't part of SEA games, just in case it came across your mind. haha.. but hell, i don't see why ballroom dancing can be part of SEA games and ultimate isn't even so much of a recognized sport although it's being played by so many countries around this region.
the moment i got out of the manila airport, a vague picture the bangkok streets was painted infront of me, or well at least of whatever memory i had from when i was 11.. ahah.. it was all congested and smoked out by the fumes from vehicles..
on the way to the hotel on the cab, after the jam outside the airport, i couldn't help but notice that people like to drive real close to each other, if you think you've seen tailgating, think again.. and it's amazing how we didn't see any traffic accidents on the way judging from the way that the drive.
the most amazing thing was that there were traffic lights, but nobody seemed to be following it.. and i found out from selena and peng, locals i knew from the competition that the traffic lights were just a suggestion of what people should be doing and the lights actually caused most of the traffics, haha..
it's a pity that i didn't really have the time to take a look around the manila because of the long game schedules which stretches from day to night for the whole of the weekend, although i still manage to take a look around the red light district of makati which is conviently located behind the hotel that i was staying in.. haha..
it's not exactly very dodgy, not like a certain place i know in singapore, maybe because it's like located near the CBD area so most of the "products" are being placed in the titty bars :)
this is as much recollection as i have of my trip as i can conjure up right now.. read through my post again to check for spelling mistakes, thought the whole post sounded pretty robotic.. guess that's what happens when im tired and i post.. until next time~
and no, this ultimate competition isn't part of SEA games, just in case it came across your mind. haha.. but hell, i don't see why ballroom dancing can be part of SEA games and ultimate isn't even so much of a recognized sport although it's being played by so many countries around this region.
the moment i got out of the manila airport, a vague picture the bangkok streets was painted infront of me, or well at least of whatever memory i had from when i was 11.. ahah.. it was all congested and smoked out by the fumes from vehicles..
on the way to the hotel on the cab, after the jam outside the airport, i couldn't help but notice that people like to drive real close to each other, if you think you've seen tailgating, think again.. and it's amazing how we didn't see any traffic accidents on the way judging from the way that the drive.
the most amazing thing was that there were traffic lights, but nobody seemed to be following it.. and i found out from selena and peng, locals i knew from the competition that the traffic lights were just a suggestion of what people should be doing and the lights actually caused most of the traffics, haha..
it's a pity that i didn't really have the time to take a look around the manila because of the long game schedules which stretches from day to night for the whole of the weekend, although i still manage to take a look around the red light district of makati which is conviently located behind the hotel that i was staying in.. haha..
it's not exactly very dodgy, not like a certain place i know in singapore, maybe because it's like located near the CBD area so most of the "products" are being placed in the titty bars :)
this is as much recollection as i have of my trip as i can conjure up right now.. read through my post again to check for spelling mistakes, thought the whole post sounded pretty robotic.. guess that's what happens when im tired and i post.. until next time~
posted by egomy at 11/28/2005 09:15:00 PM
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